[dɪˈteɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention
(e.g: she made to open the door, but he detained her)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘be afflicted with sickness or infirmity’): from Old French detenir, from a variant of Latin detinere, from de- ‘away, aside’ + tenere ‘to hold’